The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-27
TRAPPED AGAIN."
Rev. John A. Edmundson docs Us Up
Genteelly.
4itt,eton's Review.

sippi and then turn swollen flood OF
hellfire through those damnable re-
gions as big as the father of waters, and
let it sweep from the earth the miscre-
ants who murder thy chosen people. !"
His cloth alone saves him from the
avengers. We warn him and Littleton
beware. If he turns his swollen flood
of helltire in on the Tennessee legisla-
tors he'll lose his swollen flood.-PU-
1AskI CITIZEN.
This l received through the mail;
and if it was intended to represent
myself-John S. Edmundson, pas
tor of the Spruce Street Methodist
church, want to assure
every good person, every lover of
their country, every thoughtful and
intelligent person, that it is an in
cindiary, assassiDary, klu kluk SLAM
der; and was inspired by the breath,
from those kingdoms of crime,
which sweeps over this Southland
like the blast OF the sirocco. It
comes from the regions of those
crimes which are the offspring of
the dessert of total depravity. 1t is
false in every conceivable way that
false can possibly be. ! never men
toned the Carrolton massacre in a
prayer in my pulpit or anywhere
else in public. L do not remem-
Der to have ever mentioned the re-
publican or democratic party in q
public prayer. In fact, the whole
prayer, if it was intended that |
was the author, is in every word
and every letter false, so far as it is
intended to make myself the author
and the petitioner of such stuff.
1 have often prayed thus in my
pulpit: 80 Lord, hear US for the
ignorant, and indolent, and vi
cious." Now, if THE CITIZEN can
make any personal application and
get any personal benefit from it he
is welcome to do so.
I have often in my pulpit prayed
thus: 20 Lord, hear US for the
poor, and needy, and wretched, and
miserable, and outcast, and neg
lected, and the despised of the
races. This prayer we have offered
in the name Of jesus l suppose
I should say that the victims and
sufferers from the Carrolton massa-
ere were embraced in this prayer it
is sufficient to justify the Grand
Cyclops of the klu kluk murderers,
and invaders of human rights, in is
suing his order to his assassins, to
whet his dagger and thrust it to
his heart upon the first opportunity.
This is but an order through this
paper for the york of the assassin
and incendiary and klu kluk, who
cover the first two with their mask
of cowardice, and their robes of in
nocent blood, which is their mission
to shed.
Ellis cloth alone saves him from
the avengers" Who are the aven.
gers? The assassins? The incen-
diaries? The klu kluk2 What il
the mission of the avengers of this
Grand Cyclops of klu klukism? I
is simply to destroy the life anc
property of those who enter theiI
protest against such diabolical
wickedness as klu klukism is thu
refuge Of
If this was klu kluk order from
the Grand Cyclops that / shoulG
not be invited by the legislature tt
open their session with prayer, il
only shows that the Cyclops il
afraid of q righteous mans prayers
And then, if it be that a majority o
the legislature ARE opposed a.,
to the protection of free labor ant
the protection of the industries o
the country; az to the free an
equal education of all the children
of the nation and state, at the ex.
pense of one or both; (3) 20 FIRE
ballot and honest count, as the ba
sis of free, equal and republica
government; then, for politics
beaving at the throne upon til
part of those who thought that Eas
Tennesseans who were for the Ur
ion were TRAITORS" and should b
arrested and tried and punished q
such, should be substituted som
patriotic fertilizer, for such alon
can restore the barren spot. Sue
prayers cannot avail anything, til
: spot must have manure. If the n:
jority Of the Legislature represor
the valley of dry bones. the depart
ed hope Of advanced education an
patriotism, what else can be don
than to furnish something that wi
b. lmpart life to the dry bones. If IL
foundations be removed, what ca
the righteous do?
t Now | want to assure THE CIT
) ZEN that l neither carry dagge
: nor pistols. ! am not a man of wa
7 | have no inclination to offend an
: one. l ain a lover of my people an
e desire their good success IN 8
prosperity and happiu ess, and wou
e not Intentionally wrong any one.
i have lived in all good conscience.
: have wronged no man. / have d
: frauded no man. l would not i
o tentionally offend any one. But
7 wish to assure him that for Il
right and truth ! have endeavort
to live and work, and for which
am row earn estly contending. F
: these ] am now ready and willil
/ to die-not in any violent encou
: ter with an assassin, or an incenC
u airy, or ku klux by day or nigE
e but in the way God may see fit
i call his servant, whose servant
} am.
e Hoping that this may induce
/, Grand Cyclops to issue an ord
. disbanding his avengers" fro
whom my cloth saves me, that t
e country may have the peace nee
= ed and of which it has been so &C
IS stanty and so long deprived by t
l. ungodly crusaders against hum
life and property, am most
specially,
JOHN. A. EDMUNDsoN.
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